by Ethan Webb | Apr 17, 2026 | Regulation
Key Takeaways The ABA field’s central dosage standard is meant to reflect individual clinical judgment, not blanket administrative policy. The Council of Autism Service Providers’ 2024 ABA Practice Guidelines recommend 30 to 40 hours of direct treatment...
by Ethan Webb | Apr 14, 2026 | Regulation
Key Takeaways Texas’s Medicaid ABA benefit launched February 1, 2022, more than five years after Indiana’s 2016 start. ABA coverage is available to Medicaid-enrolled members under 21 via EPSDT through both STAR and STAR Kids programs. Texas pays more than...
by Ethan Webb | Apr 2, 2026 | Regulation
Key Takeaways A four-year Massachusetts pilot placed free, on-site mental health services in 23 public schools and reduced emergency calls, suspensions, and behavioral incidents across participating campuses. The $5 million in philanthropic grant funding sustaining...
by Ethan Webb | Mar 26, 2026 | Regulation
In the windowless back offices of state Medicaid programs from Indianapolis to Augusta, auditors have spent the past two years poring over session notes, treatment plans, and billing codes. What they have found is prompting a sweeping reassessment of how America pays...
by Ethan Webb | Mar 20, 2026 | Regulation
In the world of Medicaid billing, the details matter. A signature at the bottom of an assessment. A notation in a session log describing which goals were addressed. A data point, recorded and filed, showing that a child made progress or didn’t. These are the...
